The Many Shades of FatigueFatigue is a blanket term for extreme tiredness. If you have a chronic illness like rheumatoid arthritis, then you are probably quite...reactions13comments
Grief and Rheumatoid ArthritisI grieve for myself. I should say, "my former self." I no longer grieve the event that caused the grief; that ship...reactions64comments
Eye Appointments, Plaquenil, and RAThere's an unusual interloper in my healthcare team that is surprisingly related to me having rheumatoid arthritis (RA): an ophthalmologist and optometrist...reactions3comments
Tips for Routine Walks with RAWalking is like medicine. We’ve all heard this before: the more we move, the more we support and protect and strengthen and...reactions5comments
Having RA Does Not Mean We Are Not WholeI keenly remember a time, especially early in the course of my rheumatoid arthritis (RA), when it hit me that I was...reactions1comment
New Study Reveals Challenges of Exercise with RAA study recently published in The Journal of Physiology sheds light on challenges experienced by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients when they exercise...reactions2comments
Anxiety and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Part 1 A few weeks ago, I fell and broke my hip. It's not how I wanted to start the summer, especially after a...reactions12comments
Fixing My Botched Ankle... As Flames Shoot Out the Side of My FaceFor a decade, I have been dealing with an ever-worsening right ankle that keeps curling further and further underneath. The saga has...reactions39comments
RD: What About the “Little” Pains?Yeah, those. The non-agonizing tweaks and twinges. The background knee-throb. The sudden, sharp jab that takes your breath as you pick up...reactions4comments
Summah-Time!Author's note: I wrote this article as though I am describing a typical summer and not one amidst a global pandemic. I...reactions4comments
The Conundrum of Being Told to Diet and Exercise When You Have RAIf you're heavy-set (overweight, obese, fat — whatever label you want to put on it or have been called before), you have...reactions11comments
Fatigue: Long COVID-19 or Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare?The dreaded fatigue. We all get it, we all hate it, and we all understand that it is part of living with...reactions9comments
Hydration and Staying Cool in the Summer with RAStaying hydrated is the key to a lot of things, like having healthy skin, experiencing easy digestion, enjoying lubricated joints, experiencing increased...reactions6comments
3 Easy-on-the-Joints Summer Exercise ActivitiesThe sun is shining, the sky is clear, and my joints are recovering from the winter scaries they experience with the cold...reactions4comments
Making an Apartment RA-Friendly!Something people don't talk about enough is how important the space that surrounds you impacts your mental and physical health. Having a...reactions4comments
Kindness WantedI usually find myself rolling my eyes at people when the simplest of niceties are not observed. I grew up learning manners...reactions7comments
Skinny Jeans Are Not My Friend: Adventures In Getting Dressed with RAI’ve never been a fashionista. I try to keep up the best I can with the latest ideas of what to wear...reactions11comments
The RA Is In ChargeWhile I like to pretend that I’m the boss of me, the reality is that I am definitely not. The rheumatoid arthritis...reactions19comments
Sympathy vs Understanding: Others Simply Can't Relate to My Life with RARecently, I wrote about a day where I was just over it. I didn’t want to deal with another aspect of living...reactions22comments
Beach Days Are Still Possible with RA: 5 Tips & Tools to Help You PrepareI remember those days when I would just decide to head to the beach, without much planning. Then in my 20s, I...reactions2comments
